• Agriculture (Kilimo Kwanza) employs around 70 per cent of the working population. Cash crops, including cotton, coffee, tea, sisal, tobacco and cashew nuts, are the country's main export earners
• Tanzania 44 million hectares of arable land, numerous rivers for irrigation, labor force, policies and programs for agriculture, but less than 24% of arable land and 4% irrigation potentials has been harnessed.
• Tanzania’s livestock production rose by 33% during 2008–2013, exceeding the Sub-Saharan Africa average livestock production growth rate of 11% during the same period
• Meat production in Tanzania rose by 33% over the period 2008–2013, from 422,230t to 563,086t, as indicated in the 2014–2015 Annual Report of the Tanzania’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food Securities and Development.
• In 2010 the SAGCOT, an agricultural partnership designed to improve agricultural productivity, food security and livelihoods in Tanzania, was initiated. During March 2016, the WB approved a USD 70m SAGCOT Investment Project to support the agricultural sector of Tanzania and strengthen it by linking small holder farmers to agribusiness for boosting incomes and job-led growth.
• The Tanzanian agriculture value-added net output increased by 61% during the period 2009–2014, from USD 8.6bn to USD 13.8bn, exceeding by 5% the growth of value-added agricultural output in Sub-Saharan Africa during the same period.
• Currently, value-added products in Tanzania include cotton yarn, manufactured coffee and tobacco, sisal products (yarn and twine), and wheat flour. In line with the 2025 Vision of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives of Tanzania, there should be at least two new products developed from each of the staple crops, horticultural crops, livestock and fisheries by that year.

Tanzania Agritech and Agrochemicals imports in 2018 observed a jump to US$ 943Mn from 2017 – rise of over 40%

• Tractors is the largest imported AGRITECH items followed by other machines, implements, agrochemicals, fertilizers, tractor parts, irrigation sets etc.
• Agrochemicals, fertilizers and items account for nearly 20% share in the Tanzanian agritech imports.
• Irrigation, Pipes pumps motors are among the top 10 items of importation.

China is the largest shareholder in Tanzanian imports followed by India, UK, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, South Africa & others.